Fontaine wrote: “If you dream that some one told your fortune, you may calculate every thing will go pretty nearly the…” Compare 3 historical dream books.
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Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Fortune · Heading 273; source line 2162 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If you dream that some one told your fortune, you may calculate every thing will go pretty nearly the reverse of what was assured to you: if you were promised money you will get poverty, and vice versa. To dream of making a sudden fortune is a sign of want. All dreams of this kind go by the rule of contrary.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Fortune · Dream section, heading 195; source lines 841–844 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If any man become poor after he hath been rich, dreams he has the same land and possessions he had before, it signifies that his good fortune will return.
Anonymous
Guide to Fortune-Telling by Dreams · Multum in Parvo Library, Vol. I, No. 10, October 1894
Fortune · Dream section, heading 29; source lines 276–282 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you make a sudden fortune is a very bad omen; to the tradesman it forbodes losses in trade and quarreling with his creditors; to the lover, it denotes that your sweetheart does not return your love. To dream you are acquiring a fortune is favorable, it portends a good legacy and success in love.
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